Bay Area Hazard Mitigation and

Climate Adaptation Planning

Association of Bay Area Governments

Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Agenda 9:00 Check-in

9:30 Welcome and Introductions

9:50 Planning Process Overview

10:10 Plan Approval and Adoption Process Q&A

10:25 Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard

10:45 Break and Open House

11:05 Introduction to Community Engagement

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Taskforce/Community Advisory Groups

12:50 Public Meetings

1:35 Effective Materials

2:00 Engaging Community Based Organizations

2:50 Wrap Up and Next Steps

3:00 Adjourn

Workshop 1 Objectives

• Understand the process and requirements for developing a plan

• Develop an effective and inclusive community engagement plan for your plan

• Learn about the latest science on Bay Area earthquakes and tsunamis

• Learn from other jurisdictions and share successes and challenges in resilience planning

Natural hazards impact our communities

Earthquakes

Landslides

Tsunamis

Floods Wildfires

Drought

Extreme heat

Benefits of planning for current and future

hazards • Protect public safety and prevent loss of

life and injury

• Reduce damage to buildings and infrastructure

• Reduce the economic and financial impact of disasters

• Protect community’s unique economic, cultural and environmental resources

• Speed community recovery

• Plan to reduce long-term risks from hazards associated with climate change.

Benefits of a hazard mitigation plan

• Mitigation grants (CalOES)

• Flood insurance premium reductions under CRS

• Waive 6.25% local match for Public Assistance money if plan is aligned with general plan safety element.

Desired outcomes of the planning process

• Robust local plans

• Streamlined plan development process

• Inclusive community engagement process

• Assess current and future conditions (climate change and land use)

• Focus on mitigation strategy and implementation

• Integration with other planning efforts

Process and people

Analysis and decisions

Resources for implementation

Risk Landscape - Supporting language & regulatory reasoning

Meeting Roadmap

Risk Landscape – List of declared disasters by county

Risk Landscapes – List of declared disasters by county

Risk Landscape, OpenData • Hazard map layers • Regional asset layers • Resource language for characterizing

hazards • Historic occurrences and future

probability of hazard events

Risk Landscape • Strategy inventory • Model ordinances

ABAG and BCDC assistance - process Workshops

1. Community engagement

2. Hazard and risk 3. Mitigation and

adaptation strategies

Individualized technical assistance

ABAG and BCDC assistance – plan development

OpenData Website Risk Landscapes Document

Hazard maps – GIS layers List of state and federal declared disasters

Regional level asset data – hospitals, schools, infrastructure

resource language for characterizing natural hazards

Future climate projections Historic occurrences, future probability

Census tract data Replicable methodology for risk assessment

Mitigation and adaptation compendium

Local responsibility

• Develop plan that meets FEMA requirements

• Submit plan to CalOES for review and FEMA approval

• Get plan adopted by governing board

• Integrate the plan with other long-range and comprehensive plans

• Maintain and implement the plan

• Identify inclusive outreach strategies to effectively communicate with hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations

• Involve diverse partners in planning

• Tools for effective public meetings, and how to maintain continued public involvement.

Importance of Community Engagement

• Better understand issues of concern for your community related to natural hazards and climate change

• Align priorities for action with local priorities

• Develop relationships with community members that can be valuable in an emergency

Next Steps - Local Jurisdictions

Next steps – ABAG/BCDC

June August

Workshop 2 – Hazard and Risk Assessment

Workshop 3 – Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

Risk Landscape draft Final Risk Landscape

Plan Outline and Resource Table with more detail

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies Compendium

OpenData website

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